MasterChef South Africa
(2012)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 4
Season Final
Episode 20 - 3-31-2022
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Seven Colours
Episode 19 - 3-30-2022
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Waste To Wonderful
Episode 18 - 3-29-2022
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Vegan Mystery Box
Episode 17 - 3-28-2022
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Hug On A Plate
Episode 16 - 3-24-2022
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Nose to Tail
Episode 15 - 3-23-2022
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Bush Canapés
Episode 14 - 3-22-2022
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Heritage To Haute
Episode 13 - 3-21-2022
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Cake Challenge
Episode 12 - 3-17-2022
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Humble Tomato
Episode 11 - 3-16-2022
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Mother Of Pearl
Episode 10 - 3-15-2022
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Mystery Hive
Episode 9 - 3-14-2022
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African Grains
Episode 8 - 3-10-2022
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Chilli Challenge
Episode 7 - 3-09-2022
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Dorah Sitole Tribute
Episode 6 - 3-08-2022
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Peaches and Cheese
Episode 5 - 3-07-2022
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Iconic Snacks
Episode 4 - 3-03-2022
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Fast Fine Dining
Episode 3 - 3-02-2022
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Judges On A Plate
Episode 2 - 3-01-2022
In this episode the contestants are tasked with cooking a dish personal to the judges and a technical challenge.
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MasterChef Returns!
Episode 1 - 2-28-2022
Chefs Zola Nene and Gregory Czarnecki and food editor Justine Drake judge the culinary skills of the contestants competing for the cash prize and coveted title.
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Season 3
Episode 19
12-25-2014
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Episode 18
12-18-2014
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Episode 17
12-11-2014
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Episode 16
12-04-2014
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Episode 15
11-27-2014
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Episode 14
11-20-2014
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Episode 13
11-13-2014
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Episode 12
11-06-2014
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Episode 11
10-30-2014
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Episode 10
10-23-2014
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Episode 9
10-16-2014
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Episode 8
10-09-2014
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Episode 7
10-02-2014
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Episode 6
9-25-2014
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Episode 5
9-18-2014
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Episode 4
9-11-2014
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Episode 3
9-04-2014
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Episode 2
8-28-2014
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Episode 1
8-21-2014
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Season 2
Episode 28
9-12-2013
"In this epic 90-minute final the contestants have to compete in three rounds: a Mystery Box challenge, an Invention Test, and then the final Pressure Test. They will be scored out of a hundred by the three MasterChef judges after each tasting, but the scores will not be revealed until the very end, when the name of South Africa's next MasterChef is announced."
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Episode 27
9-10-2013
"The challenge for the second semi-finalist spot is an epic one - the two remaining contestants have to recreate a complex dish based on a "chawanmushi", or a traditional Japanese custard, set for them by one of South Africa top chefs, Luke Dale-Roberts from the acclaimed The Test Kitchen in Cape Town."
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Episode 26
9-05-2013
"With only four contestants left in MasterChef South Africa Season 2 the pressure is on, and in tonight's episode they face their biggest and most important challenge to date. The winner of tonight's challenge gets to go straight through to the finalé. The loser gets sent home."
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Episode 25
9-03-2013
"Tonight the three cooks who underperformed in last night's end-of-the-month challenge face off in a spectacular Pressure Test to see who will survive to make it to Top 4. They have to recreate Chef Kelvin Joel of the Johannesburg Pastry School's magnificent lemon meringue gateau, which is made up of five distinct and perfectly measured layers and covered in perfect glossy peaks of meringue."
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Episode 24
8-29-2013
"The Top 5 face a familiar challenge in tonight's episode: the end-of-the-month empty pantry! The judges challenge the contestants to create something tasty from the scraps of ingredients left over in an almost empty MasterChef pantry, and there's a second twist. The three least successful cooks will find themselves back in the black aprons for another Pressure Test."
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Episode 23
8-27-2013
"In tonight's episode of MasterChef South Africa Season 2 the Top 6 enjoy an inspiring chat with a culinary legend, South African-born Prue Leith, over tea and some traditionally South African tea- time delicacies like "melktert", "koeksusters" and "vetkoek-and-mince".
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Episode 22
8-22-2013
"The Top 6 contestants are in Johannesburg's Chinatown, where they have to create authentically Chinese platters of duck dishes for a panel of experts in Chinese cuisine. The contestants are divided into two teams of three each and the members of the losing team will be facing another Elimination Challenge."
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Episode 21
8-20-2013
"MasterChef South Africa Season 2 is down to the Top 7 contestants, but Ethiopia is not yet done with them. Today the contestants are cooking at the world-famous Yaya Long-Distance Athletics Training Centre outside of Addis Ababa, where Ethiopia's famous long distance champions all live and train."
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Episode 20
8-15-2013
"Tonight's episode finds the Top 8 still in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where it is time for yet another Elimination Challenge. This time the two contestants to do battle in the kitchen of Addis Ababa's finest Italian restaurant, Castelli, once rated by philanthropist Bob Geldof as the best Italian restaurant in the world."
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Episode 19
8-13-2013
"This week the Top 8 contestants suddenly find themselves whisked off on a trip to Ethiopia. The contestants are treated to a traditional Ethiopian dinner at one of Addis Ababa's top restaurants, where judge Andrew Atkinson teaches them about the traditional "injera" flatbreads and the different-coloured "wats", or stews."
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Episode 18
8-08-2013
"The winner of the previous Invention Test cooks off against Chef Jackie Cameron of the KwaZulu- Natal boutique hotel, Hertford House, to win the coveted Immunity Pin and the right to refuse any future Elimination Challenge. The complex dish that Chef Jackie has set for the contestant is one of her signature dishes: Guinea Fowl Coc Au Vin with Gnocchi, Pea Purée and Parmesan Crisps."
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Episode 17
8-06-2013
"The Top 9 face another Invention Test but first, a Taste Test to determine who gets to choose the Invention Test's core ingredient. For their Taste Test the Top 9 have to identify fruit by taste, feel and smell, and they have to do it blindfolded! The blindfolded contestants are each given a piece of fruit which they have to identify by smelling and tasting."
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Episode 16
8-01-2013
"The losing team in the Heritage Challenge in Cape Town's Company's Garden faces an Elimination Challenge in which they have to come up with a dish worthy of the menu at Chef Andrea Burgener's award-winning restaurant, The Leopard. Judge Andrew Atkinson warns the contestants that they're expected to think out of the creative box for this challenge."
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Episode 15
7-30-2013
"The Company's Garden is one of the cornerstones of South Africa's culinary history and that sets the theme for this Team Challenge - the Top 10 have to create dishes to reflect South Africa's culinary heritage, and pair their dishes perfectly with one of the Nederburg "Heritage Heroes" range of wines. The judges are members of the South Africa's National Culinary Olympics squad."
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Episode 14
7-25-2013
"The five contestants who fared the worst in the Dairy Invention Test face off in what Chef Pete Goffe-Wood describes as their biggest challenge to date: they have to painstakingly recreate a complex liquorice and litchi dessert set for them by one of South Africa's most accomplished chefs."
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Episode 13
7-23-2013
"Invention Test Day starts on a dramatic note in the MasterChef House when the Top 12 wake to find there is not one drop of dairy to be found in the house. Could that be a clue to their challenge? Indeed, in the MasterChef kitchen Chef Benny Masekwameng explains that the challenge to the Top 12 today is to devise a dish with dairy as the star ingredient."
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Episode 12
7-18-2013
"The three contestants who failed at the Beef Invention Test face off in an Elimination Challenge in which they have to replicate a signature dish by one of South Africa's top chefs: Chef Henry Vigar of La Mouette restaurant in Sea Point, Cape Town."
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Episode 11
7-16-2013
"The Top 13 contestants in MasterChef South Africa Season 2 are facing an Invention Test with what Chef Benny Masekwameng describes as that most quintessential of South African ingredients across all cultures: beef. His family slaughters for almost every occasion, Benny explains, especially for big events like weddings, which become three-day eating fests."
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Episode 10
7-11-2013
"After winning the Pizza Team Challenge seven MasterChef South Africa Season 2 contestants are enjoying a private Masterclass with Chef Chris Erasmus of the Pierneef á La Motte restaurant on the La Motte wine estate outside Franschoek. Meanwhile, in the MasterChef kitchen, the Bottom 7 are taking part in a Spice Identification Pressure Test."
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Episode 9
7-09-2013
"Each team sends only two members into the pantry for three minutes to gather all the ingredients they need to prepare 10 savoury and 10 dessert pizzas. The teams only have 90 minutes to prepare their pizza dough and get all their toppings ready before their guests arrive, and then they have 30 minutes to prepare and cook their first ten pizzas."
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Episode 8
7-04-2013
"Chef Benny Masekwameng explains that the judges selected a variety of fantastic Woolworths cheeses for the Bottom 6 to identify and that the first three contestants to give incorrect answers will go through into the Elimination Challenge."
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Episode 7
7-02-2013
"MasterChef judge Pete Goffe-Wood explains that each Mystery Box contains seven different ingredients, and that the contestants have to use all seven - seven because the brand new VW Golf 7 will be part of the MasterChef winner's prize package."
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Episode 6
6-27-2013
"For their first-ever Elimination Challenge the three contestants who didn't make a good Hollandaise quickly enough have to recreate one of Chef Andrew Atkinson's signature dishes: an impressive composition of warthog loin with a smoked egg yolk, baby vegetables and herbed aioli."
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Episode 5
6-25-2013
"MasterChef judges Andrew Atkinson, Benny Masekwameng and Pete Goffe-Wood each show off their signature sandwich to demonstrate the standard that they're expecting: Pete presents a steak sandwich made with aged beef, relish and "the star of the sandwich: the bread", he points out."
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Episode 4
6-20-2013
"For the final leg of Boot Camp the Top 25 decamp to the beautiful Nitrox Art Foundation, a spectacular artist retreat set in 15 hectares of a nature reserve at the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site outside Johannesburg, to prepare a spectacular breakfast or brunch dish inspired by their surroundings."
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Episode 3
6-18-2013
"MasterChef judges Andrew Atkinson, Benny Masekwameng and Pete Goffe-Wood fly in on a helicopter to launch the first Boot Camp challenge: peeling potatoes with a knife and then cutting them into perfectly uniform shapes to produce one-and-a-half kilograms of perfect chips. At the end of the potato challenge, 15 contestants hand in their aprons."
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Episode 2
6-13-2013
"With more than half of the 50 aprons for Boot Camp already handed out in the first episode, tonight the remaining contestants each get 45 minutes in the kitchen to prepare and only 10 minutes to finish off a dish in front of the judges that they hope will be good enough to get them into Boot Camp."
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Episode 1
6-11-2013
"Thousands of home cooks from across South Africa lined up in Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg to audition in the "Cold Dish Auditions" and in tonight's launch episode the 100 top cooks from those auditions travel to the Shine Studios in Johannesburg's trendy new food neighborhood in Braamfontein to showcase their skills in the all-important "Hot Audition"."
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Season 1
Episode 19
7-24-2012
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Episode 18
7-17-2012
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Episode 17
7-10-2012
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Episode 16
7-03-2012
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Episode 15
6-26-2012
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Episode 14
6-19-2012
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Episode 13
6-12-2012
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Episode 12
6-05-2012
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Episode 11
5-29-2012
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Episode 10
5-22-2012
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Episode 9
5-15-2012
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Episode 8
5-08-2012
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Episode 7
5-01-2012
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Episode 6
4-24-2012
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Episode 5
4-17-2012
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Episode 4
4-10-2012
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Episode 3
4-03-2012
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Episode 2
3-27-2012
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Ticket To Bootcamp
Episode 1 - 3-20-2012
Only 120 amateur cooks are selected from more than 6000 hopefuls. After tasting their dishes, the judges will hand out only 50 aprons.
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